Broad Cove Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I’m sizing up the next couple of weeks for us here at Broad Cove. It’s a little up and down, but there are a few windows to get after it.

The water is running at 61°F, which is a touch warmer than usual for this time of year – that’s a nice little bonus. The wave energy starts out real weak, in the low double digits, so it’s not going to be pumping right away.

On Tuesday the 8th, we see small 2-foot waves out of the east, with a 9-second period. The wind is cross-offshore from the west at 9 mph, so it’ll be clean. Energy is weak at 64, but you can get a few fun ones. By afternoon, the wind turns to a moderate offshore from the northwest at 12 mph, which looks good, but the swell drops to 2 feet, so it’s just trim practice.

Wednesday through Thursday are tiny – nothing over 1 foot. On Thursday the 10th though, a big pulse of short-period swell from the south hits – 7 feet at 6 seconds – but the wind is a strong cross-shore from the southwest at 22 mph, making it choppy and messy. Wave energy climbs to 365 (moderate), but the quality is poor. Later Thursday, it’s still 7 feet from the southwest, wind eases to a cross-offshore, but the short period and lumpy energy (414) make it a beast for experts only.

Friday the 11th is the first decent window: morning has 3 feet from the southwest at 8 seconds, with a moderate offshore from the west-northwest at 12 mph. That’s clean, surfable, and the energy is moderate at 172. This is a solid session. The afternoon fades to 2 feet but stays clean.

Then we hit a flat spell. From Saturday the 12th through to Thursday the 17th, it’s a bust: tiny waves (0.7 feet to 3 feet), messy cross-shore and onshore winds, and weak energy. That’s about 6 days of nothing worth paddling out for.

Finally, on Saturday the 19th, things turn around. We get a clean, moderate offshore from the northwest at 12 mph, with the swell at 4 feet from the south-southwest, period 5 seconds. Energy is moderate at 125-144. This is a standout: solid size, clean faces, and the offshore wind holds it together. The morning is best, but the afternoon at 4 feet is still good.

Sunday the 20th morning is dead calm, glassy, with 4 feet from the east and 138 energy. The period is short at 5 seconds, so the waves might be a bit lumpy, but the glassy surface will make it fun.

The real highlight, the one I’d tell you to plan for, is Tuesday the 22nd. In the morning, we’ve got a clean, moderate offshore from the north-northwest at 16 mph, with 5 feet from the east at 8 seconds. The combined energy is strong at 252 – that’s real power for Broad Cove. The crowd here is often, so you might have company, but with conditions that clean, it’s the pick of the fortnight. The afternoon still has 4 feet and a cross-offshore, so you can keep going.

Bottom line: the best days are the Tuesday the 22nd morning and the Saturday the 19th morning. Everything else in the first two weeks is either too small, too windy, or too short-period. Stick it out, it’ll be worth it.

Rusty

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